Restaurant La Gironde — Restaurant in Ouarzazate

Great food and service. Atmosphere of the restaurant is good. We ordered berber omelet, beef and vegetable tajine and kafta skewers. All were tasty. We came about 1.30pm. We asked the owner whether it was safe to park about 20m to the right of the restaurant (looking from the street into the restaurant as reference) and he said it was safe in Morocco. Turns out a guy wearing a safety vest showed up and asked us for parking money when we tried to leave. 20 DH (about 2 euro) is his rate for 1 hr. I was exhausted at the time and didn’t want any hassle so I paid. I give a lower rating so the owner can be more aware and hopefully this parking fee scam doesn’t happen again. I have noticed this more than once here in Morocco. Sadly, this ruins the hospitality of Morocco as a great...

La Gironde is a great restaurant serving traditional Moroccan food and is currently open, while many others catering to tourists are closed. The owner, Mustafa, has run his restaurant for 12 years. He speaks English fluently. We found him exceptionally kind and welcoming. He prepared us a truly vegetarian tagine, but he also offers the typical chicken and lamb based ones. The bread was particularly good. Unlike most berber bread we've tried throughout Morocco, which have tended to be dry and hard, this tasted soft and fresh. Do pay Mustafa and his restaurant a visit when in Ouarzazate. You can park right in front if coming by car....

This restaurant was our absolute favorite out of all the places we ate in Morocco in our one week stay. All of the dishes were deliciously flavored. We had the Moroccan salad along with the soup and the vegetarian couscous. To drink we had the apple and banana smoothies, which were also yummy. The service was great, our waiter spoke English, he was very friendly, gave us a a few tips and even taught us a few words. If you are going to stay in Ouarzazate or are even just driving through it, I highly recommend you stop and eat here. Best food we had...